by Lucy R | Aug 18, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Court of Appeal has issued a judgment which clarifies when and how a parent who has been the subject of findings of fact can challenge those findings. This post summarises that new guidance. The full judgment is somewhat more complicated and can be read here...
by Sophie Smith Holland | Aug 17, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a post from Sophie Smith-Holland, who tweets as @SSmithHolland. With thanks also to Alice Twaite. The question of how the family court deals with domestic abuse has had a huge amount of public and media attention recently. Concerns have been raised...
by Julie D | Aug 13, 2019 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Three years ago, I wrote a blog post, ‘Can an adoption order be undone?’ The answer was, only in very exceptional circumstances. A new High Court judgment, published last week, ZH v HS & others [2019] EWHC 2190, has not broken any new ground, but gives...
by reporting watch team | Aug 11, 2019 | FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging, Resources
Now that the legal blogging pilot has been extended in duration we thought it would be helpful to produce a short information leaflet that can be provided to people whose cases a legal blogger wants to observe. We hope that the information will give both litigants and...
by Lucy R | Aug 10, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch
[NB This post was updated on 20 August following response from Childrens’ Commissioner’s office – updates marked in square brackets] Last week, the Telegraph ran a piece from their social affairs correspondent Gabriella Swerling under this alarming...
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